Question : FOREIGN AID TO TRIBALS

Minister of State for Finance (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) and (b): Yes Sir, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has provided funds for two projects related to tribal development. The details of the projects are as follows:

(figures in US$ million)
Name of the project	States	Signing date / closing date	Loan Amount	Cum Disb.	upto July 2010
Bihar-Madhya Pradesh	Jharkhand and	25-06-1999 / 30-06-2011	22.8	14.02
Tribal Development	Chhattisgarh
Programme
Orissa Tribal	Orissa	18-12-2002 / 31-03-2013	20	6.70
Empowerment and
Livelihoods Programme

The project was originally approved for Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and was transferred to Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh after creation of new States

(c): Periodic tripartite review meetings are conducted by the Department of Economic Affairs involving IFAD, Project Authorities and Line Ministries. In these meetings, besides reviewing the progress of the projects, overseeing and monitoring of timely completion of all IFAD assisted Projects are reviewed. The last two tripartite meetings were held on April 8 and July 12, 2010 respectively.

Periodic State level reviews under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of the State for all externally assisted projects including IFAD are also conducted. Wrap-up meetings are held with IFAD staff, Project Authorities and Line Ministries after each supervision mission for the project.